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Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: What changed for BJP in Uttar Pradesh
Updated On: 05 June, 2024 07:33 AM IST | Gorakhpur | Faizan Khan
Despite suffering major loses in the state, BJP finds big surge in Yogi’s stronghold Gorakhpur
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Poll officials at a counting centre in Gorakhpur. Pic/PTI
The biggest setback and surprise for the BJP in this Lok Sabha election comes from Uttar Pradesh, where the ruling party is losing half of its seats. The BJP had aimed for 70-75 seats following the inauguration of the Ram Mandir to secure a majority, but the outcome of the polls has caught everyone off guard. mid-day, on the ground during the elections, sensed some local dissatisfaction over several issues, including inflation, paper leaks, stray cattle destroying crops, and unemployment. While people in rural areas seemed satisfied with how UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath handled law and order, the caste-based political arithmetic of the INDIA bloc worked well. The BJP had won 72 seats in 2014 and 62 in 2019 under Narendra Modi`s leadership, but it seems that UP is no longer voting based solely on Modi`s name.
The Opposition, under the INDIA bloc and the Samajwadi Party (SP) in particular, played their cards well and won 35 seats while they were in the lead for 2 seats by 11 pm, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI) data, while the BJP won 33 seats and Congress 6. Particularly the selection of candidates by SP national president Akhilesh Yadav, from all castes, communities, and religions, played a significant role in their gains in the Hindi heartland. A notable example was Faizabad, which includes Ayodhya.
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